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Frankenstein

The novel combines Gothic horror with early science fiction, focusing on Victor Frankenstein, a scientist who creates life but is horrified by his creation, leading to tragic consequences. The story is told through letters from explorer Robert Walton, enhancing the narrative's suspense and emotional depth. Themes of ambition, isolation, and the nature versus nurture debate are explored as both Victor and his creature face rejection and despair.

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Frankenstein

The novel combines Gothic horror with early science fiction, focusing on Victor Frankenstein, a scientist who creates life but is horrified by his creation, leading to tragic consequences. The story is told through letters from explorer Robert Walton, enhancing the narrative's suspense and emotional depth. Themes of ambition, isolation, and the nature versus nurture debate are explored as both Victor and his creature face rejection and despair.

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Genre

Gothic Horror and Science Fiction: The


novel blends Gothic elements—like dark
settings and intense emotions—with
early science fiction, as it deals with
experiments, scientific ambition, and the
creation of life.
Main Hero
Victor Frankenstein: The protagonist, a
scientist driven by a desire to understand life
and death. In his quest for knowledge, he
creates a creature from dead body parts,
bringing it to life. However, Victor is horrified
by his creation, and this leads to tragic
consequences for both himself and others.
• Epistolary Structure: The novel is framed as a
series of letters from an explorer, Robert Walton,
who meets Victor Frankenstein in the Arctic and
hears his story. This layered narrative adds a
feeling of distance and suspense, heightening the
mystery.
• Romantic and Gothic Prose: The language is
highly descriptive and emotional, typical of
Romantic literature. Shelley uses detailed and
atmospheric descriptions of nature, which often
reflect the emotions of the characters.
Pursuing the
The story begins with Victor, fascinated by The creature, left The creature’s creature to the
letters from Robert life’s mysteries, studies alone, learns about desire for Arctic, Victor meets
Walton to his sister, at university and human society and revenge leads to Walton. After
describing his Arctic learns how to tries to connect with a series of tragic sharing his story,
expedition. Walton animate lifeless people, but faces events, with the Victor dies, and the
rescues Victor matter. He creates a rejection. He grows deaths of Victor’s creature appears to
Frankenstein, who creature, but he is bitter and begins loved ones. mourn his creator’s
then tells Walton his horrified by its seeking revenge death before
tragic story. appearance and against Victor. disappearing into
abandons it. the wilderness.
• Ambition and Hubris: Victor’s ambition to “play
God” and create life leads to ruin, illustrating the
dangers of unchecked ambition.
• Isolation and Rejection: Both Victor and the
creature suffer isolation—Victor due to his
obsession and the creature due to societal
rejection.
• Nature vs. Nurture: Shelley examines how
external circumstances, like rejection and lack of
compassion, shape the creature’s violent behavior.

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